Protesters gesture to during a mass demonstation against the launch of national education outside government headquarters in Hong Kong September 8, 2012. The Hong Kong government said on Saturday schools did not have to adopt a China-backed curriculum from 2015 in an apparent backdown following protests by tens of thousands of people who described it as an attempt to brainwash students. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST)

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Pro-Chinese candidates in Hong Kong did well during recent legislative elections.